Multi-user log file analysis

What are the options

[jetboy]

If seems that log file analyzers are a dying breed. For a web host, which packages support multiple users on a single install? i.e. A user logs in, and is shown the stats for a fixed number of sites. Users can be added, deleted etc.

I already know of:

NetTracker/NetInsight
Livestats/Deepmetrix
ClickTracks
Webtrends
Sawmill
Urchin

Google seems to have gone back on its promise of a new version of Urchin 5, and Unica's rebranding and repositioning of NetTracker has undermined my trust in the product's future.

I've used earlier versions of Livestats and Webtrends, and didn't rate either.

Sawmill and ClickTracks are cool, but I'd like some other options, particularly as ClickTracks isn't really a traditional site stats package.

[OtbHunter]

Check out statcounter may be what you are looking for.

[edited by: Receptional at 6:29 am (utc) on Aug. 8, 2006]

[bcolflesh]

SurfStats is another one to check out.

[Receptional]

You say you used earlier versions of Livestats and Webtrends. I think the later versions of Livestats (didn't they become "Deep Metrix" between versions 5 and 6?) had multiple logins.

I would have thought - given that you are more or less stuck with a log analysis offering if you are hosting - that these two are still the most appropriate to put on a web server.

[edited by: Receptional at 6:35 am (utc) on Aug. 8, 2006]

[jetboy]

The company is question moved from Livestats to Urchin about two and a half years ago. Livestats had multiple logins then. However, the reporting was very basic, and compared to Urchin it was a far inferior product. Maybe it's changed in the interim, but I think I'd have a hard time pitching a return to Livestats.

I think WebTrends' pricing model will be the big issue. Last time I looked, it was very expensive for what it did. However, my information is out of date, and things may have changed. WebTrends' website is a triumph of marketese over real information though. There was a time you could tell what they sold, what its capabilities were and how much it cost.